Back after technical difficulties! Check out last week’s top 10 over-performing Facebook posts, from the (roughly) 400 progressive groups followed by our friends at CrowdTangle. Of note this week: leaf slugs. Trust me. 1. Energy Action...
The big news in the domestic political campaign world late last week was the announcement that the 2012 Obama campaign’s trove of data and technology would be released for use by other Democrats in 2014. For details, check out Kate...
While I’ve been working on the next Technology Bytes column for Campaigns and Elections magazine this past week, the previous one went online (the print version of the magazine shipped a couple of weeks ago). This issue, we’re talking...
Hi folks, sorry for the recent content shortage — I’ve been swamped with work and other commitments pre-South by Southwest and had to let the site rest for a bit. One adventure last week? An all-morning training for government relations...
One of the lovely quirks of our political finance system is the role of “dark money” spent by organizations that DON’T have to disclose their donors. Where does it go? Thanks to a MapLight analysis of Federal Elections Commission...
What are the big developments to watch in online advocacy? That question is very much on my mind: Monday I’ll have the privilege of leading a digital strategy training for public affairs professionals, and I’ve been pulling slides...
The November/December issue of Campaigns & Elections is now fully online, including a new edition of Technology Bytes! The big story this time around: an inside look at the role of Big Data in the 2013 Virginia election, including the all...
This from an email that dropped in this morning: This is Tkeyah Lake, I’m a senior at the University of Baltimore, graduating this May with my Bachelor’s of Science in Corporate Communication. I read your book, How To Use the Internet To...
Procrastinators (like me), get off your butts: Netroots Nation panel proposals are due Wednesday, February 19th. Submit your ideas here, and note that the conference organizers will be holding “office hours” via a Google Hangout tomorrow...
Check out last week’s top 10 over-performing Facebook posts, from the (roughly) 400 progressive groups followed by our friends at CrowdTangle. Of note this week: lots of new folks on the list. If you’re reading this article via email...